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Sarabeth Pollock

Monsieur Spade's Clive Owen talks his transformation into Sam Spade

Sam Spade (Clive Owen) walks away from a nun in Monsieur Spade.

Clive Owen breathes new life into Dashiell Hammett's iconic gumshoe Sam Spade in Monsieur Spade. 

The stylish new series, called "prestige TV" in our review, tells the story of Sam Spade some 20 years after the events of The Maltese Falcon. It's the 1960s and Spade finds himself in southern France, where his quiet retired life is interrupted by a horrific murder. What to Watch talked with Owen about the role and how he approached playing the iconic character originally brought to life in the 1941 film starring Humphrey Bogart. 

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